USN-1687-2: NSPR update

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1687-2

nspr update

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

Ubuntu 12.10

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Ubuntu 11.10

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary

NSPR update to work with the new NSS.

Software description

nspr
- NetScape Portable Runtime Library

Details

USN-1687-1 fixed a vulnerability NSS. This update provides the NSPR neededto use the new NSS.

Original advisory details:

Two intermediate CA certificates were mis-issued by the TURKTRUST certificate authority. If a remote attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to view sensitive information.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version: